1902–03 Northern Football League
# 1902–03 Northern Football League

The 1902–03 Northern Football League season was the fourteenth in the history of the Northern Football League, a football competition in Northern England.

## Clubs

The league featured 10 clubs which competed in the last season, along with three new clubs:

* Middlesbrough A
* Newcastle United A
* Sunderland A

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Newcastle United A | 24 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 100 | 14 | 7.143 | 42 |
| 2 | Sunderland A | 24 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 93 | 22 | 4.227 | 40 |
| 3 | Middlesbrough A | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 66 | 30 | 2.200 | 33 |
| 4 | Bishop Auckland | 24 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 57 | 35 | 1.629 | 29 |
| 5 | Stockton | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 38 | 0.921 | 23 |
| 6 | Darlington | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 34 | 50 | 0.680 | 23 |
| 7 | South Bank | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 30 | 44 | 0.682 | 22 |
| 8 | Crook Town | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 41 | 0.659 | 22 |
| 9 | Grangetown Athletic | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 34 | 47 | 0.723 | 20 |
| 10 | Stockton St. John's | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 52 | 0.462 | 15 |
| 11 | Scarborough | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 23 | 69 | 0.333 | 14 |
| 12 | Darlington St. Augustine's | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 58 | 0.362 | 13 |
| 13 | West Hartlepool | 24 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 27 | 71 | 0.380 | 12 |

* ↑ Newcastle United A deducted two points for fielding an ineligible player.
* ↑ Stockton St. John's deducted two points for fielding an ineligible player.
